Penalty u/s 271A Reversed: No Justification for Imposing Penalty Due to Reasonable Cause and Income Threshold Compliance.

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....Penalty u/s 271A - failure to maintain the books of accounts u/s 44AA - when the very basis of levying the penalty by the ACIT is contrary to the assessment framed by the AO and even business income of the assessee prior to the assessment order was not above the limit prescribed u/s 44AA(2)(i) for keeping and maintaining the books of accounts then the case falls in the ambit of reasonable cause for the said failure - No penalty - AT....